16TB SSD Drive.. (Page 3): Just because of the speed, or for some other reason? A slow but reliable drive could be useful to incrementally accumulate copies of files as a backup, even...

larryepage Loc: North Texas area

Rongnongno wrote:

Well, it is worthless.

Just because of the speed, or for some other reason? A slow but reliable drive could be useful to incrementally accumulate copies of files as a backup, even if not as part of a batch backup system.

BobHartung Loc: Bettendorf, IA

delder wrote:

Had a similar experience with a ridiculous low priced tiny external SSD from Amazon.
Exact same experience you Showed full rated capacity BUT began overwriting original files...

Simply unusable IMHO.

Rongnongno Loc: FL

Well, I left the drive work all night and part of this morning... Still 150 GB to go...

The write speed now oscillate between 1.x MB/s to 17 MB/s

When this is finally done, I will create a continuous back-up in order to write a 400 GB file in one go. Should be fun.

selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

Rongnongno wrote:

Well, I left the drive work all night and part of this morning... Still 150 GB to go...

The write speed now oscillate between 1.x MB/s to 17 MB/s

When this is finally done, I will create a continuous back-up in order to write a 400 GB file in one go. Should be fun.

Let us know how long before the $30 drive eventually fails and all of that data disappears.

Grey Ghost

16 TB is a lot of data to lose at one time when the drive unexpectedly fails!

Rongnongno Loc: FL

Ok, so now I am getting 60 MB/s using the back-up software... (AOMEI, free license)
Back-up size is about 950 GB.

Down to 19 MB....

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Rongnongno wrote:

Ok, so now I am getting 60 MB/s using the back-up software... (AOMEI, free license)
Back-up size is about 950 GB.

Down to 19 MB....

Toss that puppy in the circular file and consider it a learning experience (if it seems to be too good to be true…). I wouldn’t trust my grocery list to that device, regardless of the size or speed.

Rongnongno Loc: FL

TriX wrote:

Toss that puppy in the circular file and consider it a learning experience (if it seems to be too good to be true…). I wouldn’t trust my grocery list to that device, regardless of the size or speed.

I am having fun with it, keeps me busy and out of trouble...

Spent a few Ks in photography of late, from a camera to a large prints on alumium...

Wife is not thrilled.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Rongnongno wrote:

I am having fun with it, keeps me busy and out of trouble...

Spent a few Ks in photography of late, from a camera to a large prints on alumium...

Wife is not thrilled.

Load your bank and credit card statements on this device and she will never know

selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

TriX wrote:

Load your bank and credit card statements on this device and she will never know

But someone in China will.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

selmslie wrote:

But someone in China will.

Exactly what I was thinking…

Rongnongno Loc: FL

All this virus fear is a bit overblown. A minimal precaution is needed, that's it. I have a tight firewall that intercept any communication hardware or software that are not authorized. The drive was scanned. Then after an initial test, I formatted it.

selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

Rongnongno wrote:

All this virus fear is a bit overblown. A minimal precaution is needed, that's it. I have a tight firewall that intercept any communication hardware or software that are not authorized. The drive was scanned. Then after an initial test, I formatted it.

You imply that you are smart enough to defeat any ill intentioned hacker.

But if something seems too good to be true, it isn't.

If you were really smart you would not have fallen for the scheme in the first place.

TheShoe Loc: Lacey, WA

Rongnongno wrote:

I will try later...

Will have to wait a looooooong time.

I am transferring 500GB and it says... More than a day before the task is complete.

I guess this is only usable as a long permanent storage device, nothing else. There is space for a life time there... Same as the wait to write it all!

How is it connected to your pc?

11bravo

f8lee wrote:

I recall reading about a security breach in Iraq s... (show quote)

That's the way Stuxnet destroyed Iranian centrifuges. Nowadays, common tactic. Just read where USB drives can be set up to fry a computer. Myself, always buy known brands and test with USB flash drive tester from www.vconsole.com. Also works on SD and CF cards. Readily identifies fake sizes - writes, reads, and compares.

https://www.howtogeek.com/797290/how-usb-drives-can-be-a-danger-to-your-computer/